Friday, October 9, 2015

Feature & Follow Friday | Books You Hated

Feature & Follow Friday is a weekly book blogger meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read to help bloggers gain new followers on their site.

This week's question:

Name a book you hated.

My Answer:

The Vampire Academy graphic novel is the only book I have EVER given less that 3 stars. I gave this graphic novel adaptation 2 stars.

I'm very picky when it comes to the art in graphic novels. I love Emma Vieceli as an artist. I read her Manga Shakespeare: Hamlet book and loved it. But I'm not a huge fan of graphic novels in color. It only works for me if the coloring and art style work well together, and I think that Emma Vieceli's art is better in black and white. I didn't like the glare on the pages.

When it comes to the story, I think it was WAY too watered down. I just couldn't get into the adaptation the way I got into the original book. I wanted more of the story. But I'm sure costs would have gone up, since they were printing it in color. Which is another reason I think black and white is better for graphic novel adaptations of books. You can use more of the story.

I just didn't enjoy this book at all, which is a shame, because I really loved the original book. So I was really excited for this adaptation, but was completely let down.

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Interesting choice. I haven't read many graphic novel adaptations, but I imagine they would be cut down slightly. And you definitely have to like the art to enjoy it. That's amazing you haven't given much less than 3 stars! These days I've been rating a lot only 2 stars. :-( Guess it happens! Old follower.

I've read quite a few graphic novel adaptations that were able to keep most of the story intact, so I know that it's possible. And those books were printed in black and white, so that's why I believe that the story was cut down so much on this book. Thanks for stopping by!

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